H2O Ping!...........................
That’s odd. I remember bell jar experiments in jr high where water evaporated into a vacuum.
Astronomers have detected water molecules on the surface of asteroids for the first time
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Is that anything like “Booty Juice”?
And we haven’t gotten anywhere near planets like Uranus.
That is actually quite a bit. I thought it would be less than that on the entire asteroid.
Water, you mean like out of the toilet?
From a telescope on ‘a Boeing 747SP aircraft modified to fly through the stratosphere above 99% of Earth’s atmosphere, which blocks infrared light’ they could see water molecules?!
I believe it but I’m stunned!
So is what this article saying now out of date? (The article is from 2020).
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2020-08-28/where-did-earths-water-come-from/12598198
Uh...they mention the water “boiling” off due to the suns heat...but in an almost perfect vacuum of “space” the water should boil off due to low pressure given enough time.(like freeze drying technique)..no? That should mean there is water(molecular) vapor in space...no? Shouldn’t water be detected in Martian atmosphere? If the water is bound so tightly in Martian rock, would it be available for the chemical reactions needed for life?
Enquiring minds want to know.
Ooh, a 747SP.
I want a couple. With fuel and pilots and stuff (will take some cash to operate them).
Who cares?
Maybe there have been iceteroids??
What the hail is going on here?
I can’t remember what year it was, but a member of our astronomy club actually was able to get someone associated with the SOFIA project to give us a presentation at one of our meetings. At the time it wasn’t yet airborne, it was still in the design stage. I don’t remember much, but it was pretty impressive.
Here are a couple links to more information -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratospheric_Observatory_for_Infrared_Astronomy
https://science.nasa.gov/mission/sofia